Hell, I have a food processor on my kitchen counter! It doesn't turn healthy food into hydrogenated cholesterol chunks. It just chops things up really fast.

_________________These shitbirds should pay for their own elections if they aren't going to be obligated by any democratic pretense. - MumblesDon't you know that vegan meat is the gateway drug to chicken addiction? Because GMO and trans-fats. - kaerlighed

The term "processed" is about as meaningful as the advice to avoid anything with ingredients that sound "unfamiliar". A listing all the components found in a given "natural" food product would probably sound equally strange to the average consumer. I caused a Maillard reaction in my kitchen today!

I would say that the macro nutrients in a given food and what else you're eating it with are key, not the processing it may or may not have undergone. I'm usually not going to eat a serving of white rice without a decent portion of vegetables and protein.

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A friend of mine actually made me rabbit fajitas! It was amazing and better than chicken or beef! Now everytime I see a rabbit running around my mouth waters! And that’s no exaggeration, I really get hungry and a craving lol"

_________________"No one with hair so soft and glossy could ever be bad at anything." - Tofulish

When people say processed food, I think they're thinking of Froot Loops. There needs to be a better term for crappy packaged convenience stuff made out of ingredients but not exactly food.

Don't we already have "junk food"?

Yeah, I guess so.

Even that gets tricky. . . like, most people would probably deem potato chips and Fritos as "junk food," but I would consider them to be more "real food" (for lack of a better term) than Froot Loops because the ingredients are just potatoes or corn, oil, and salt (whereas Froot Loops contain a bunch of dyes and preservatives).

_________________"Some of my best friends hate Oreos. I once let one use my bathroom." -Shy Mox

I still think the number of ingredients or whether they happen to grow somewhere doesn't necessarily tell you much about potential health effects. You could isolate lots of different components from a potato. Interestingly, just looked at the ingredient lists for Froot Loops in the US and Germany, and the German version only uses dyes derived from plants, presumably due to consumer demand. The most important difference that I can spot is that they are a bit lower in sugar.

I still think the number of ingredients or whether they happen to grow somewhere doesn't necessarily tell you much about potential health effects. You could isolate lots of different components from a potato. Interestingly, just looked at the ingredient lists for Froot Loops in the US and Germany, and the German version only uses dyes derived from plants, presumably due to consumer demand. The most important difference that I can spot is that they are a bit lower in sugar.

I always think it's funny when people avoid food with E numbers. E numbers are just codes for food additives. Baking soda, agar, and citric acid all have E numbers. But somehow people have this idea that anything with an E number is "unnatural" and harmful.

_________________I ate the shiitake out of inappropriateness. - Hollie

I swear, i HATE this obsession about "healthy food". someone once said to me "if eating was that hard, we'd all be dead by now". that's my motto. now i will go eat my delicious white baguette with pesto and not feel guilty. and then i will drink a few beers and be happy! i heard happiness makes you live longer you see, and i really think it's the best way to prolong your life span.